Genetically Enhanced Unglued
Genetically Enhanced
- Tom O'Malley-Finkel-Harris-Smith
Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night, wondering what was
going to happen when all the people with hyphenated last names start
having...grandchildren?
- She
Would Have Loved Me (52 sec, 568 kB)
If anyone should be able to write a song of unrequited love, it ought to
be me.
- Cheatin' Death
I spent a number of years flying around interior Alaska
in a small airplane of 1940's vintage. My most vivid memories seem to be
the moments of blind terror. Pilots still occasionally disappear without a
trace, and I've often thought of what it must have been like to have been
a bush pilot in the 30's. If you went down then, either your fellow pilots
found you or...they didn't.
- Mosquito Showdown
Here's something the travel agent didn't tell your uncle Fred about Alaska.
- A Nice Place To Visit
I'm sure that if I went to visit someplace like, say...Kansas, I'd
probably ask some pretty dumb questions about, say...wheat.
- Genetically
Enhanced (40 sec, 436 kB)
Don't let anyone tell you that nature can't be improved upon.
- Breakup (42
sec, 463 kB)
In town, the end of winter just means mud and dirty cars. Far from
"civilization" though, it's a time of tremendous activity -
animals that you almost never see are running around in broad daylight.
Then...there's absolutely nothing like watching a frozen river break up.
It even beats television!.
- Man's Best Friend
You've probably heard all those wonderful songs about the joys of dog
mushing and what noble animals they are and blah, blah, blah... Well, I
had a dog team for many years. Here's the stuff they don't tell you.
- A
Phone Message (29 sec, 312 kB)
Isn't it nice to live in such modern times? Sarcasm? Me? Nooooo.
- Trapline Chatter
Most of the radio stations in Alaska read messages to folks out mining,
trapping, or fishing who don't have access to a phone. In seven years in
the bush, I almost never missed "Trapline Chatter" on KJNP (King
Jesus North Pole, if you're wondering). It was like reading all your
friends mail.
- A Dirty Ditty
A woman in the audience once asked if I knew any dirty ditties and I
was mortified because I didn't know a single one. Vowing that this would
never happen to me again, I went right home and wrote one. For you,
Maggie.
- Ain't Science Amazing
Are engineers your favorite people too?
- Slippery
When Wet (43 sec, 460 kB)
I usually get my best musical ideas when I'm in the shower. But actually,
that's not what the title refers to.
- Where Will Alaska Be
I'm not sure whether Alaska
has changed more in the last fifteen years or whether it's just me. Kinda
sneaks up on you either way.
- Duct
Tape Madrigal in C major (54 sec, 598 kB)
Someone asked me why I'd never written a song about duct tape. Seemed like
a logical question.
Unglued
- We Need To Talk
- Max’s
Dilemma
- Power
Of One
- It’s Only Rocks
- Planet Of Ice
- Mother Goose Rag
- Happy As A Clown
- The
Hitch-Hiker
- A Room With A View
- Chronological Blues
- Children
Can Fly
- Single White Trapper